Article
The effects of leukemia inhibitory factor and interleukin 6 on the growth of acute myeloid leukemia cells.
Leukemia research - 1 Mar 1993
Takanashi M, Motoji T, Masuda M, Oshimi K, Mizoguchi H
Abstract excerpt
The effects of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) on blast progenitors from acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) were examined using a blast colony assay in a serum-free culture system. LIF and IL-6 stimulated colony growth in 2 and 5, respectively, of 11 cases studied. The si...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, CD
- CD11 Antigens
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Culture Media, Serum-Free
- Cytokines
- Female
- Growth Inhibitors
- Humans
- Interleukin-6
- Leukemia Inhibitory Factor
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
- Lymphokines
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplastic Stem Cells